单词 | parisis |
释义 | parisisn.adj. Now historical. A. n. 1. A coin, esp. a denier, minted at Paris, worth one quarter more than one minted at Tours.Originally the deniers of the King of France, struck at Paris. By the 12th cent. the coinage of the Ile-de-France, and by the 13th cent. of the whole kingdom of France, alongside the lower-valued tournois. By the end of the 15th cent., the tournois was the dominant French system with the parisis serving as only a subordinate money of account, and no parisis being struck. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > struck at Paris parisisc1450 1901 R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London C. 230 In part payment of the value of £58 9s. 4d. parisis.] c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 145 (MED) Bi enchauntementes she maketh it conuerte in to paresis [Fr. parisis], and of fyve maketh bicome sixe. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 17664 (MED) By maner off enchauntement He ffyndeth out..To tourne, by hys sotylte, A Tourneys to A parysee. 1528 R. Weston in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 93 Forfeytes for every soche tree cut x li. paryses. 1956 Speculum 31 316 Philip had inherited from Louis VII, his father, the parisis minted at Paris, and the coinage of various other royal mints. 1998 J. Favier & C. Higgitt Gold & Spices vii. 126 It was well known in Paris that five tournois were worth four parisis. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on imported goods custom1389 prise1455 aids1523 tariff1592 cocket1612 custom duty1677 indulto1691 ingate1701 parisis1714 inwards1761 customs duty1800 imposition1863 indult1900 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 17 The Augmentations of Anno 1644, 1647, 1654, and the Parisis 12 and 6 Peny, of all the said Duties. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 265 The Duties of the Parisis, the 12th and 6th Deniers, shall be levied and collected by the said Measurers in the accustomed Manner. B. adj. Of a coin: minted at Paris and worth one quarter more than one minted at Tours. Used as postmodifier. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Haultban The summe of 6 solz Parisis leuied yearely to the Kings vse of euerie Baker (and of some other Artificers) within the towne of Paris. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Secretaire But six shillings Parisis a day. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Penny The French penny, or Denier, is of two Kinds; the Paris Penny, called Denier Parisis; and the Penny of Tours, Denier Tournois. 1835 H. W. Herbert Brothers II. xvi I have not the wherewithal to pay these fellows at the rate of two sous Parisis. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby i. 49 Père Trin..gave you of his best to eat..for twenty sols Parisis, or one franc in the coin of the empire. 1960 L. Butler & R. J. Adam tr. R. Fawtier Capetian Kings of France vi. 100 Claiming that Philip's father, Louis VII, had little short of 19,000 livres parisis to spend every month. 1998 J. Favier & C. Higgitt Gold & Spices vii. 131 The livre parisis was worth twenty sous parisis but, more significantly for the merchant, was worth twenty-five sous tournois. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1450 |
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